file created: 12/07/02 00:50:12 , last update: 09/13/99
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DD Kikuzuki
Imperial Japanese Navy destroyer
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Mucuki 1925/06/15
Maizuru Kaigun Kosho
1926/05/15 1926/11/20 1942/05/04
sunk
Namesake: "Month of Chrysanthemum Blooms" ("měsíc chryzantémových květů")
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WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
41/12     1stAirFlt/CarDiv2/DesDiv23     99 
41/12/04 41/12/11   SoSeFor/GuamLandGrp/DesDiv23 land Guam  
41/12/11 42/01/0?     Guam - ASW patrol duty   99 
42/01/10 42/01/12     sail from Saipan to Truk   99 
42/01/2? 42/02/0?     Rabaul - patrol/escort duty   99 
42/01/23          
42/01/24     DesDiv23 land Kavieng   99 
42/02/09     DesDiv23 land Gasmata (New Britain)   99 
42/02/20 42/02/23     sail from Kavieng to to Truk   99 
42/03/08 42/03/10   CovFor/DesDiv23 land Lae, Salamaua   99 
42/04/05     CovFor/DesDiv23 land Admiralty Islands   99 
42/04/10     4thFlt/DesRon6/DesDiv23 DesDiv23 transferred to DesRon6   99 
42/05/03 42/05/04   LandFor/TulLandGrp/DesRon6/DesDiv23 xCoralS   99 
42/05/04     LandFor/TulLandGrp/DesRon6/DesDiv23 xCoralS sunk(Yorktown) off Tulagi - 12 KIA, 22 WIA   99 

Ship status, hull number changes...: sunk 09°07´S,160°12´E
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